Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Chert, Collophane, Kaolinite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1965
Identification
Deposit ID10182435
Alternate namesUmm Wu'Al, Turayf, Sirhan-Turayf Deposits, Jalamil, Al Amud
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.74912, 38.04715
References
BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4THEDITION, 1980.CATHCART, J.B., TEXTURE AND COMPOSITION OF OUTCROPPING PHOS-PHORITE IN THE TURAYF REGION, NORTHERN SAUDI ARABIA:U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 600-C,PP. C4-C12.MEISSNER, C.R., JR., PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN THE SIRHAN-TURAYFBASIN: IN MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH, 1967-68, PP. 52-53, SUADI ARABIA, MIN. PETROL. MINER. RESOUR., JIDDAH,1969.MEISSNER, C.R., JR., AND ABDULLAH ANKARY, GEOLOGY OF PHOS-PHATE DEPOSITS IN THE SIRHAN-TURAYF BASIN, KINGDOM OFSAUDI ARABIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAUDI ARABIANPROJECT INTERAGENCY REPORT, 1970.INTERNATIONAL MINING, AUGUST 1984, P. 113MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1985, P. 474.PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 142, MAR/APR 1986, P. 21.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1988, P. 430.INTERNATIONAL MINING, AUGUST 1989, P. 100.PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 163, SEPT/OCT, 1989, P. 13.53, SAUDI ARABIA, MIN. PETROL. MINER. RESOUR., JIDDAH,PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 154, MAR/APR 1988, P.25-27.BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATEDEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., LONDON, 1987, P 173.INTERNATIONAL MINING, AUGUST 1990, P. 37.